Renaissance Beauty

It was a long, dreadful ride into the city. Unloading the car was a difficult task, and rolling the cart full of books across the massive exhibit hall to find […]

Want an Extreme MakeOver?

Women love makeovers… if they are watching them and not experiencing them, that is. Most of us would far rather glean ideas for improving our image by watching someone else’s […]

Beautiful Garment of Gratitude

My best friend is one of the happiest people I know. Everyone loves to be around her because her joy and enthusiasm for life is contagious. Many of us go […]

Consistency is Key

“Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape.” “Variety is the spice of life.” These are two mantras that I have lived my life by. […]

Social Peacocking

“Social Peacocking” is a term used to describe the flaunting of fashion in order to attract attention and conversation, particularly for the purpose of “hooking up.” I recently heard the […]

Beauty for Ashes

Ashes. If you are a smoker, this word may mean something entirely different than it does to those of you who have lost a home to fire.  If you are […]

Proper Perspective Produces Confidence

I’m prepearing to board my flight home. I sure hope this one’s not as turbulant as the last one! I don’t want to witness that many passeI’m prepearing to board […]

Is your Busyness Wearing You Out? 

“Busy people are happy people.” I used to say with a chuckle every time someone told me I was doing too much. That’s not my response any more. I guess […]

My Struggle with Confident Beauty

My whole world was rocked the day my first husband left me.  Pregnant and alone, his betrayal made me feel ugly, unwanted and self-conscious. Before then, even though I was a hairdresser, I never really focused […]